"Männlein" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛnlaɪ̯n/ Audio: De-Männlein.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛnlaɪ̯n Etymology: From Middle High German menlīn, mennelīn, from Old High German menlīn, mennilīn, mannilīn, equivalent to Mann + -lein. Compare English manling. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|menlīn}} Middle High German menlīn, {{m|gmh|mennelīn}} mennelīn, {{inh|de|goh|menlīn}} Old High German menlīn, {{m|goh|mennilīn}} mennilīn, {{m|goh|mannilīn}} mannilīn, {{suffix|de|Mann|lein}} Mann + -lein, {{cog|en|manling}} English manling Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,-:s:Männerlein}} Männlein n (strong, genitive Männleins, plural Männlein or Männleins or Männerlein) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,-:s:Männerlein}} Forms: Männleins [genitive], Männlein [plural], Männleins [plural], Männerlein [plural], strong [table-tags], Männlein [nominative, singular], Männlein [definite, nominative, plural], Männleins [definite, nominative, plural], Männerlein [definite, nominative, plural], Männleins [genitive, singular], Männlein [definite, genitive, plural], Männleins [definite, genitive, plural], Männerlein [definite, genitive, plural], Männlein [dative, singular], Männlein [dative, definite, plural], Männleins [dative, definite, plural], Männerlein [dative, definite, plural], Männlein [accusative, singular], Männlein [accusative, definite, plural], Männleins [accusative, definite, plural], Männerlein [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (southern, possibly dated) male animal or person Tags: Southern, dated, neuter, possibly, strong Synonyms: Männchen Hypernyms (animal): Tier
    Sense id: en-Männlein-de-noun-r1m9Q7ME Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -lein Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -lein: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'animal': 100 0 Hyponyms (animal): Bock, Eber, Erpel, Ganser, Hengst, Kater, Keiler, Rammler, Rüde, Stier, Terzel, Widder Disambiguation of 'animal': 100 0
  2. Diminutive of Mann Tags: diminutive, form-of, neuter, strong Form of: Mann
    Sense id: en-Männlein-de-noun-sBkmUbn6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Männchen [diminutive], Manderl [Bavarian, diminutive], Mandl [diminutive] Hypernyms: Mensch [diminutive] Hyponyms: Halmamännlein [diminutive], Heinzelmännlein [diminutive], Räuchermännlein [diminutive], Sandmännlein [diminutive], Wichtelmännlein [diminutive] Related terms: die Männlein kriegen (Thuringian-Upper Saxonian) [diminutive], Männlein machen [diminutive], Männlein und Weiblein [diminutive]

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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛnlaɪ̯n/"
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      "word": "die Männlein kriegen"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Männchen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern",
        "dated",
        "neuter",
        "possibly",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Mann"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive of Mann"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mann",
          "Mann#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛnlaɪ̯n/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnlaɪ̯n"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Männlein.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/De-M%C3%A4nnlein.ogg/De-M%C3%A4nnlein.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/De-M%C3%A4nnlein.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Männchen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bavarian",
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Manderl"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Mandl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Männlein"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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